The Leper’s Thanksgiving

We assembled over 900 students and teachers in the gym this morning for our annual Thanksgiving Chapel. I love it when we all get together in one room. Anytime I get to hang out with kindergartners is a good time. Our scheduled speaker had a conflict. So, a week ago I offered to fill in….

Equip and Inspire

Ted Broekhuizen taught 7th grade math at a Christian school on the east coast. There were 110 students in the 7th grade and they were split into four sections. The sections were labeled 711, 712, 713 and 714. No one ever actually said this, but the students and teachers all knew the sections were formed…

“Bye. Love you.”

Back when I first got into school administration, one of my favorite routines became standing at the front door as students walked from the parking lot into school. As a high school principal, it gave me a glimpse of the kind of day I was going to have. Were the students happy? Were they squirrelly?…